Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 8:25 PM CDT for Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1995, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lake of the Woods County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KINL 100125 RRA SVRINL MNC077-100200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 825 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...SOUTHERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY AT 720 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY JUST WEST OF CARP. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CARP THROUGH 845 PM. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST OUT OF LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY BEFORE 900 PM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 9, 7:50 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
750 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE.....EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION....
640 PM HALLOCK MN HAM RADIO PEA SIZE HAIL
7/9/95 KITTSON
655 PM 3NW HALLOCK MN LAW ENFORCEMENT FUNNEL
7/9/95 KITTSON CLOUD
702 PM 2NW HALLOCK MN TORNADO BY SHERRIFF
7/9/95 KITTSON
703 PM 1/2N HALLOCK MN TORNADO REPORTED BY
7/9/95 KITTSON SHERRIFF MOVING SOUTH
TOWARDS TOWN.
710 PM HALLOCK MN GRAND STANDS AT FAIR
7/9/95 KITTSON GROUNDS BLOWN DOWN.
717 PM 1/4W KARLSTAD MN HAM RADIO SPOTTER
7/9/95 KITTSON REPORTS WALL CLOUD
WITH ROTATION
723 PM 10SE KALLOCK MN TORNADO MOVING SOUTH
7/9/95 KITTSON EAST REPORTED BY HAM
RADIO SPOTTER
EWENSLocal storm report, Jul 9, 7:52 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
750 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE.....EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION....
640 PM HALLOCK MN HAM RADIO PEA SIZE HAIL
7/9/95 KITTSON
655 PM 3NW HALLOCK MN LAW ENFORCEMENT FUNNEL
7/9/95 KITTSON CLOUD
702 PM 2NW HALLOCK MN TORNADO BY SHERRIFF
7/9/95 KITTSON
703 PM 1/2N HALLOCK MN TORNADO REPORTED BY
7/9/95 KITTSON SHERRIFF MOVING SOUTH
TOWARDS TOWN.
710 PM HALLOCK MN GRAND STANDS AT FAIR
7/9/95 KITTSON GROUNDS BLOWN DOWN.
717 PM 1/4W KARLSTAD MN HAM RADIO SPOTTER
7/9/95 KITTSON REPORTS WALL CLOUD
WITH ROTATION
723 PM 10SE KALLOCK MN TORNADO MOVING SOUTH
7/9/95 KITTSON EAST REPORTED BY HAMh
RADIO SPOTTER
EWENSLocal storm report, Jul 9, 8:10 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
810 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE.....EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION....
735 PM 5SE HALLOCK MN TORNADO DESTROYED A
7/9/95 KITTSON FARM AND KILLED A DOG
755 PM 5SW LAKE BRONSON MN HAM RADIO SPOTTER
7/9/95 KITTSON REPORTS WALL CLOUD WITH
PROMINANT ROTATION
758 PM 3N2W KARLSTAD MN POWER LINES DOWN...DAMAGE
7/9/95 KITTSON TO HOME...BARN DESTROYED
POWER LINES DOWN OVER ROAD
802 PM 2W FLORIAN MN TORNADO REPORTED BY LAW
7/9/95 MARSHALL ENFORCEMENT
807 PM 3E DONALDSON MN WALL CLOUD WITH PROMINANT
7/9/95 MARSHALL ROTATION...BY HAM RADIO
SPOTTER.
EWENSLocal storm report, Jul 9, 8:16 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
810 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995
TIME .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE.....EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION....
735 PM 5SE HALLOCK MN TORNADO DESTROYED A
7/9/95 KITTSON FARM AND KILLED A DOG
755 PM 5SW LAKE BRONSON MN HAM RADIO SPOTTER
7/9/95 KITTSON REPORTS WALL CLOUD WITH
PROMINANT ROTATION
758 PM 3N2W KARLSTAD MN POWER LINES DOWN...DAMAGE
7/9/95 KITTSON TO HOME...BARN DESTROYED
POWER LINES DOWN OVER ROAD
802 PM 2W FLORIAN MN TORNADO REPORTED BY LAW
7/9/95 MARSHALL ENFORCEMENT
807 PM 3E DONALDSON MN WALL CLOUD WITH PROMINANT
7/9/95 MARSHALL ROTATION...BY HAM RADIO
SPOTTER.
EWENSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 35 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.